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Washington state gets another shot at the nation’s first carbon tax
“2018 is the year we’re going to push for something big in Washington.”
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Fiji leads U.N. climate talks that warming kept it from hosting
Though COP23 is in Germany, the island chain -- one of the countries with the most at stake -- is leading its agenda.
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Climate change–fueled wildfires pollute the air and make people sick
The West's big wildfires are undermining decades of progress in cleaning the air.
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5 years after Sandy, this woman still worries about being left behind because of her disability
A court ruling after Hurricane Sandy forced New York City to develop a more inclusive emergency plan. Advocates say it hasn't happened.
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis
There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.
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Smoke from California’s raging wildfires spreads a public health emergency across the Bay
Stores see a run on particle masks as residents breathe air resembling what some West Oakland residents face year-round.
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Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.
The scale of environmental devastation on the island is still unknown -- and the situation was already pretty bad.
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Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.
Island dwellers -- and their loved ones stateside -- detail the situation on the ground, one week after Maria.
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Toxic water flooded Houston homes after Harvey, tests show
Floodwaters in two neighborhoods contained unsafe levels of E. coli and heavy metals.